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In my last update to you, I mentioned that we were awaiting the budget date to be unveiled. Since then, the Liberals not only announced the date, but delivered it on Feb. 27. What was expected was investments in healthcare for mental health, palliative care and our seniors, along with infrastructure funding across Sarnia-Lambton and Canada. I heard

As we’ve witnessed over the past two weeks, Olympic athletes must manage extraordinary pressure to perform when it matters the most. My experience of skiing — and overcoming that pressure — in multiple Winter Olympics allows me, in my role as a CBC commentator, to express what skiers re going through when they burst onto the course and aim for the

After being able to enjoy an extended period of time in Sarnia-Lambton, it has been back to business as usual with Parliament returning for the winter session on Jan. 30. However, with the return of Parliament I have found myself very busy still dealing with issues back in our constituency.

As this is my first column of 2018, I will start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Of course, the big news locally in the last few weeks was the announcement of a $2-billion investment by NOVA Chemicals in a new world scale polyethylene plant in Sarnia-Lambton. The Province of Ontario is contributing $100-million in grant money to the project f

Against a backdrop of shuddering and implosion in the key institutions of the liberal world order, it wasn’t easy to discern anything encouraging in the 48th annual gathering of the rich, the famous and the powerful at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss village of Davos last week.